AV for Live 9 103 – MIDI Recording and Effects

Bill Burgess is one of the coolest trainers we know. That’s why we said YES when he offered to design this amazing course on MIDI in Ableton Live 9. Bill is an extraordinary teacher who delivers insightful nuggets of music gold. Pay attention and learn! MIDI, in Ableton Live 9, is the essential life-force of of this deep DAW. It’s what makes Live tick and Bill Burgess has filled this course with tons of MIDI knowledge that is so insightful that it may change the way you compose, record and perform with Live. This course starts off with one of the most intriguing looks at MIDI and the history of MIDI that has ever been created. This tutorial alone is worth the price of the course! From there BIll jumps right into MIDI recording, overdubbing and automation. With the basics out on the table, you start getting into the grit of MIDI editing. Bill lays it all out, delivering a buffet of very cool techniques. Next up, you get a some very hip MIDI tips custom-made for songwriters. These are designed to help you get you ideas into Live fast – without getting burdened with extraneous diversions! From there, you’re off to MIDI FX where you get inside knowledge on all the very innovative transformations you can hookup to supercharge, arpeggiate, randomize and destroy any MIDI data in sight! Bill completes the adventure with a tasty little section on controllers, outboard synths and iOS integration. So kick off your shoes and spend some time with the entertaining Bill Burgess and learn a ton about MIDI in Ableton Live at the same time! Table of contents: 1. Introduction to MIDI 2. Setting up MIDI Devices 3. Recording MIDI 4. Overdubbing MIDI 5. Recording MIDI Automation 6. Unlinked Automation Envelopes 7. Basic MIDI Editing 8. Advanced MIDI Editing 9. MIDI Stretch Markers 10. Clip Speed, Inversions, Reversals & Legato 11. Duplication Techniques 12. The Time Commands 13. Building Chords With MIDI Step Programming 14. Velocity Effects: Fell Swoop Realism 15. Slice Audio to MIDI 16. Converting Drums to MIDI 17. Converting Melody to MIDI 18. Converting Harmony to MIDI 19. Building an Audio to MIDI Riff Finder 20. Build Your Own Groove Templates 21. Arpeggiators 22. The Chord Effect 23. The Note Length Effect 24. Pitch & Random Effects 25. The Scale Effect 26. MIDI Effects Racks 27. Re-Recording MIDI Effects 28. Saving MIDI Clips & Scenes 29. Custom Mapping the Computer Keyboard 30. Setting Up MIDI Control Surfaces 31. Custom Mapping Control Surfaces 32. Controlling Third Party Plugins With MIDI 33. Interfacing with Outboard MIDI Synthesizers 34. Setting Up iPad Controllers